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Traveling in place : a history of armchair travel

text Traveling in place : a history of armchair travel

Summary
"Armchair travel may seem like an oxymoron. Doesn't travel require us to leave the house? And yet, anyone who has lost herself for hours in the descriptive pages of a novel or the absorbing images of a film knows the very real feeling of having ex... Read more
Contents
Brief travel guide -- The journey around the room -- Pilgrimages -- The "Frauenzimmer" -- Expeditions in the near-at-hand -- Framed views -- The life of plants -- The life of objects -- The journey through a sea of images -- Dark chambers -- Inter... Read more
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253 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Publisher
Univ of Chicago Pr 2013

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 809.9332 STI in Adult Non-fiction Available

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